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Middlewich, canal
Middlewich Branch, Shropshire Union Canal: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network/middlewich-branch-shrop-union-canal
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 24 Jan 2017
0.05 miles
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Middlewich, Bridge No 31
St Annes Bridge, over the Middlewich Branch, Shropshire Union Canal: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network/middlewich-branch-shrop-union-canal
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 24 Jan 2017
0.05 miles
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Bridge 31, Middlewich Branch Canal
The water level is very low here and this stretch of canal has been closed to navigation since a major breach near Stanthorne Lock in March 2018.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 5 Jul 2018
0.05 miles
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Middlewich, Wardle Lock Bridge - no 31
There is a benchmark cut into the buttress of the east parapet and it is on the south-east face. A slight amount of damage caused by the masonry paint on the bridge structure.
Image: © Mel Towler
Taken: 8 Oct 2022
0.06 miles
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Middlewich, Wardle Lock Bridge - no 31
The benchmark is cut into the buttress of the east parapet and is on the south-east face. A slight amount of damage caused by the masonry paint on the bridge structure.
Image: © Mel Towler
Taken: 8 Oct 2022
0.06 miles
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Middlewich Branch Canal, Middlewich
Willows overhang the canal by bridge 30.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 14 Sep 2017
0.06 miles
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Shropshire Union canal east of St Ann's Road
Image: © Stephen Craven
Taken: 28 Aug 2022
0.06 miles
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Waiting for Wardle Lock, Middlewich Branch
There are four locks in all on the Middlewich Branch, which fall from the Shropshire Union at Barbridge to the Trent and Mersey at Middlewich. Three of the locks are on the Middlewich Branch proper, but the last one, shown here, was technically part of the Trent and Mersey system, although not on the main line. Curiously this lock is called Wardle Lock - curious because Wardle is actually a village at the OTHER end of the Middlewich Branch! The bridge visible here is No 31.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 13 Apr 1979
0.07 miles
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Wardle Lock, Middlewich (2)
The lock has emptied and a cruiser emerges. Once it has cleared the narrow space and passed under Bridge 168, where the photographer is standing, the narrowboat will enter and ascend the lock. The waiting butty will come up separately afterwards; of course it will have to be roped into and out of the lock.
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton
Taken: 13 Apr 1979
0.07 miles
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Working Narrow Boat Hadar moored in Middlewich
Working Narrow Boat Hadar moored in Middlewich, between Bridges 30 & 31 of the Middlewich branch, March 2012.
Image: © Keith Lodge
Taken: 22 Mar 2012
0.07 miles